ShareThisBy MARVIN WALBERG
Scripps Howard News Service
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Publishers of job search and career related books send me lots of samples, for possible subject matter for my column. All of them are appreciated, most of them are very relevant and important, and some of them I wish I wrote!
Such is the case with "Secrets of the Hidden Job Market," by Janet White, and published by You're Hired! Enterprises of Plano, Texas. If you've read "Getting Hired" for any of the past 16 years, you know that I preach, over and over again, that you should "do what others fail to do".
In Janet White's book the third chapter is titled "The Traditional System: The Way It's Supposed To Work", and there's a quotation by Albert Einstein: "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."
This new book challenges assumptions and beliefs inherent in the traditional system of job hunting, and shows how the very techniques that are supposed to work for job seekers actually work against them, making their job searches unnecessarily difficult, complicated and frustrating.
I strongly recommend that you buy or borrow this new book right away. Why? Because Janet White says practically everything I believe in and include in my weekly column -- and, that's being very objective!
You can purchase Janet White's Secrets of the Hidden Job Market at www.jobmarketsecrets.com or www.amazon.com. You could also check your public library. And, remember that your job search is the most important, and possibly the most difficult, job you'll ever have. Do what others fail to do. Do it right.
The Internet is a wonderful tool for job seekers to do research on employers, network with contacts, and communicate quickly. In researching potential employers, try www.vault.com. This is a useful tool for researching industries, specific employers, getting salary information, and even employee's perspectives on employers. Try it, but remember when reading other peoples perspective of an employer that nothing is as true as your own experience.
Since this is a column of referrals, I'll close with a quotation from Helen Keller, American blind/deaf author and lecturer : "When one door closes, another opens. But we often look so long and so regret-fully upon the closed door that we don't see the one that has opened for us."
(Marvin Walberg is a job search consultant based in Birmingham, Ala. He can be contacted at P.O. Box 43056, Birmingham, AL, 35243. E-mail him at mwalberg(at)bellsouth.net.)
